The Element-Arval Global Alliance has named the vice president of global business development for its global team, who will support multi-national accounts between different countries.

Richard Middleton, who was named to the VP role on the global team, will support accounts between Europe and Element’s sales teams in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand, according to a release from the fleet management company.

"In his role, Richard's main tasks are to facilitate the coordination of our global, European based clients between the Element and Arval organization, align on the products, services and value proposition we offer, while continuously supporting them to have a better understanding of the North American fleet industry, specificities and best practices," said Bart Beckers, chief commercial officer of Arval.

Middleton works under the responsibility of Alessandro Pigazzi, Arval international business office director, in charge of the management of the Element-Arval Global Alliance from an Arval perspective. 

Established in 1996, Element and Arval are the founding members of the Element-Arval Global Alliance.